Author: James

The ViaSat-3 Americas satellite has completed its Final Integrated Satellite Test (FIST) and has now advanced to the Flight Final phase of integration, where it is undergoing final build-up for its flight configuration, according to the satellite communications provider Viasat.   The satellite had previously passed mechanical environmental testing and thermal vacuum testing, which replicated…

Global fibre infrastructure firm EXA Infrastructure has unveiled the appointment of ex-Vodafone CEO Nick Read as company chairman. EXA currently owns over 125,000km of fibre network spanning 34 countries and several major submarine cable systems, such as three transatlantic cables. EXA has experienced rapid growth since its inception in 2021 by I Squared Capital, acquiring…

Meta was fined €265 million by Irish regulators on Monday. This is the company’s latest penalty for violating rigorous European Union data privacy regulations.    According to the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Meta Platforms Inc. violated parts of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which require technological and organizational measures to secure user data.…